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Nearly 90,000 people are expected to converge upon Cobb County’s largest city next week for the annual Taste of Marietta. Now in its 25th year, the Taste will have fare from more than 80 restaurants on display.
The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 29. from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will include a food contest where judges rule on such categories as Best Seafood Dish, Best International Cuisine, Dangerously Delicious Dessert, Best Comfort Food, Finger Lickin’ Good, The Big Chicken, Tastiest Beverage, Most Unique, Blazin’ BBQ and Tastiest Taste.
Everything you need to know about the 2018 Taste of Marietta
Cost:
Admission to the event is free, tastes range from $1 to $5 each. Unlike other festivals, tickets are not required and it is a cash-based festival. ATM machines are available. Inflatables/moonwalks in the kids corner are also available for a fee.List of Participating Restaurants (last year):
- Andretti Grill
- Angel’s Burritos
- Atlanta Fudge
- Australian Bakery Café
- Big Willie’s Hot Stuff
- Bruster’s Real Ice Cream
- Chantico
- Chicken and the Egg
- Chocolate & Spice Eatery
- Cold Stone Creamery
- Cool Hawaiian Ice
- Crooked Tree Café
- Dave Poes BBQ
- Deep Fried Brownies
- Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar
- Doughnut Dollies & High Road Craft Ice Cream
- Fox Dogs
- Funnel Cakes-N-More
- Gigi’s Cupcakes
- Henry’s Louisiana Grill
- House of Lu
- J.D.’s Bar-B-Que
- Ji BouTe Cajun Café
- Joe’s & Glo’s Hawaiian Shaved Ice
- Keegans Public House
- Knight Catering
- Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice
- Marietta Pizza Company
- Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
- Ocean Fresh Seafood
- On The Border
- Piastra
- Pita Mediterranean Street Food
- Pressed Panini Bar
- Red Sky Tapas & Bar
- Rib Ranch BBQ
- Roy’s Royal Dogs
- RuSans Kennesaw
- Sarah Jean’s Ice Cream
- Seed Kitchen & Bar
- Shillings on the Square
- Smallcakes Marietta / West Cobb
- Smith’s Gourmet Creations
- SnowVille Shavery
- Spice It Up Café
- Stockyard Burger & Bones
- Sugar Cakes Patisserie & Bistro
- Taqueria Tsunami
- The Butcher The Baker
- The Freakin’ Incan
- The Marietta Local
- The Melting Pot Restaurant
- Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar
- Todd English Tavern Atlanta
- Tropical Delights Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice
- Two Birds Taphouse
- Vatica Indian Vegetarian
- Whole Foods Market
- Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q
- WR Social House
- Zaxby’s
- ZEAL Kitchen & Bar
Food Carts (last year)
- Branjo Coffee
- King of Pops
Food Trucks (last year)
- Big Shanty Smokehouse
- Bollywood Zing Indian Food Truck
- Eazy Eats
- El Nopal Mexican Restaurant
- Gotta Have It Food Truck
- Gyro Chef Atlanta
- Philly Connection Food Truck
- Planet Smoothie
- Tex’s Tacos
- Kona-Ice
- Vego Bistro
Parking:
The Cobb County Parking Deck (enter from Waddell Street), all county court lots, and the Mill Street lot are available. The county parking deck and the Mill Street lot are free, county court lots are privately owned and parking fees may apply.
Cobb County Parking Deck
Waddell Street entrance
Hansell St NW & Waddell St NE
Marietta, GA 30090Mill Street Parking Lot
Mill St & Denmead St NE
Marietta, GA 30060PLEASE NOTE: Parking for Taste of Marietta at Marietta Square area churches, including First United Methodist Church and Marietta First Baptist Church is not permitted. The churches have many activities this day and their lots are for their parishioners.
Festival Address:
Taste of Marietta
Historic Marietta Square and Glover Park
50 Park Square
Marietta, GA 30060More information:
For more information, please contact the Marietta Welcome Center & Visitors Bureau at (770) 429-1115.
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Sweetwater 420 Fest will take place Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, 2019 in Midtown Atlanta. The rock festival is already prepping for an awesome weekend of good times, good music and great beer.
Sweetwater 420 Fest 2019 will take place at Centennial Olympic Park across four stages. There will be an artists market, food village and more great stuff on tap.
Sweetwater 420 Fest 2019: Everything you need to know
Friday April 19 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Gates open: 12:00 PM | Box Office Hours: 10:00 AM – 10 PMSaturday April 20 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Gates open: 11:30 AM | Box Office Hours: 10:30 AM – 10 PM
Sunday April 21 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Gates open: 11:00 AM | Box Office Hours: 10:00 AM – 9 PMThe Sweetwater 420 2019 music lineup includes nearly 50 acts including Widespread Panic, Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass, Rebelution, Moon Taxi, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, John Medeski’s Mad Skillet, Turkuaz and Knower, according to the AJC.
Sweetwater 420 2019: Ticket info
Early-bird tickets sales started Tuesday at 10 a.m. and are ongoing at www.sweetwater420fest.com/tickets/
3-day admission starts at $99
Advance: $139*
Full: $154*
Will Call: $160*There will also be a race! Registe for the April 20 420 Fest 5K – a Peachtree Road Race qualifier – at www.sweetwater420fest.com.
This event is just one among many Atlanta happenings going on weekly in the city. Fortunately for us, 2018 is not over just yet. See all the 2019 Atlanta festivals this year.
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The aroma of delicious foreign food will be cast over the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta this weekend. That’s because Illegal Food is having a series of pop-up grub shops in honor of the outfit’s recent trip to Vietnam. The first one, Saigon Street Eats, is this weekend in ATL.Cabbagetown This Weekend: Saigon Street Eats At Little’s Food Store In Atlanta
“We want to share our take on some of the delicious food that we ate there. We’ll be back at Little’s with LATE NIGHT eats over the next 3 weeks! The menu will change nightly, so follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all updates,” the group says in a flier about the event.Illegal Food is a group of food artists that bring you flavorful food on a regular basis.This time the recurring late-night Vietnamese-style pop-up will kick off this weekend after 11 p.m.It’s all going down at Little’s Food Store on Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st | 11:15 pm – 1:15 am.
They will have another joint in May. We will bring you the deets as we get them.
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Looking for an under-the-rader spot to throw back some suds? Eventide Brewing has you covered.
This underrated spot in Grant Park opened in January 2014. The brewery distributes its awesome beer throughout Atlanta at some of the dining scene’s most renown places, such as Brick Store Pub, Taco Mac, and the Porter Beer Bar.
$3 Mondays at Grant Park’s Event Brewing
Monday April 16, 2018 05:30 pm EDTEvery Monday all of Eventide Brewingâs core styles are only $3.Cost: $3+ -
The piercing horns of New Orleans jazz will be in the springtime air soon as the West Georgia Jazz Festival comes to the state.
The festival is slated for April 28, 2018 at the MILL amphitheater, 106 Temple St. Villa Rica, GA 30180.
April 28, 2018: West Georgia Jazz Festival in Villa Rica
The event will feature Stooges Brass Band from New Orleans, Louisiana and much more.
Other acts scheduled to perform at The MILL Amphitheater include David Pippen and Martini Caliente, Southern Art Music Ensemble, The Serenata Band.
If you want a jazzy good time, come out and help kick off Georgia’s festival season with great food, fun and music at the West Georgia Jazz Festival! Admission is FREE!
Check here for deets.
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Arches Brewing in Hapeville is going to be festive on the second full weekend in April. That’s because they’ll celebrate the brewery’s second anniversary.Grab your tickets and come out to support Arches on Saturday, April 14th! The establishment will be featuring multiple rare & barrel-aged styles, tapping a specialty cask, and pouring our very first experimental lager from their recently announced Lager Lab project.
Arches Brewing Celebrating 2-Year Anniversary
The party will stay rockin’ with two lives bands, the Atlanta Photo Camper, and Buena Gente Bakery serving up delicious cuban eats.Arches promises that there will be even more surprises on the site.General Admission tickets are $25 and VIP tickets are $75 – ticket details & purchase here.Here’s the info from Facebook:This Saturday we’ll celebrate two years of firsts.. here’s another. We could not be more excited to debut these elegantly designed bottles of Four Fiddlers & Cabergé. Descriptions below. Very limited quantities in Tasting Room only. More beer announcements coming this week. Grab your tickets and come celebrate with us.
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Cabergé – 9.4% – 2017 Vintage Russian Imperial Stout aged in Mauritson Wines Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon barrels.
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Four Fiddlers – 13.5% – 2017 Vintage Belgian Quadrupel aged in ASW Distillery Fiddler Bourbon barrels. -
Safe Woodfire Tavern has opened its doors in March in Buckhead. The restaurant kicked off a month-long celebration by offering people a chance to win a $200 gift card via an Instagram contest.
The contest started March 12 and will wrap April 12, 2018. Could you use $200 to spend any way you please? I know I could. To win here’s what you need to do:
Visit the Sage Buckhead location and sn
Sage Woodfire Tavern Buckhead is offering $200 gift cards
ap your best food photo, then it’s easy to enter in just 2 steps:
- On Instagram, follow @sagewoodfiretavernbuckhead
- Post your best Sage food photo on your personal Instagram account and include the hashtag #SageFoodie (Bonus: Tag your friends for more entries.)
Contest Details: Sage Woodfire Tavern Buckhead is giving away a $200 Gift Card every week starting March 12, 2018 until April 12th, 2018. Visit the Sage Buckhead location here& http://www.sagewoodfiretavern.com/buckhead/& and snap your best food photo. It’s easy to enter in 2 steps: 1. On Instagram, follow @sagewoodfiretavernbuckhead , 2. Post your best Sage food photo on your personal Instagram account and include the hashtag #SageFoodie (Bonus: Tag your friends for more entries.) Sage Buckhead staff has been choosing one winner each week. Terms of Service are here: bit.ly/SageTOS
Sage Woodfire Tavern Buckhead is located at 3379 Peachtree Road NE, near Lenox Square. The eatery is open for lunch Monday through Friday with dinner seven nights a week. Sage Buckhead also offers tasteful live music every night from 6PM-10PM, and a live DJ from 10PM-2:30AM, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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ATL Tech Gives Back, a day-long event characterized by social good facilitated by the city’s technology community, is set for Thursday, April 12. The event will be powered by Cox Enterprises and hosted by startup firm Hypepotamus, and social service platform Community Bucket.
The quarterly event allows hundreds of volunteers to donate their time and energy to up to four different service projects run by nonprofits — Park Pride, Global Growers, MedShareor the Wylde Center.
ATL Tech Gives Back Set For Thursday, April 12
“At Cox, we are committed to building a better future for the next generation,” Cox Enterprises Corporate Responsibility Manager Ty Hodge said in a statement. “ATL Tech Gives Back is one way we partner with local startups and technology companies to improve the community and the lives of those who, like us, call Atlanta home.”
“As we enter into our second year of Tech Gives Back events, we’ve been thrilled by the overwhelming response from the Atlanta startup and tech community,” said Jacey Lucus, Community Bucket’s Board President. “From our presenting sponsor, Cox Enterprises, to additional sponsors and partners, to our enthusiastic volunteer participants, everyone involved has shown up 100 percent to make Tech Gives Back an impactful event and truly make a demonstrable change for these nonprofits.”
The schedule for the day is as follows:
- Volunteers meet at service project location: 12:45 p.m.
- Service project: 1-4 p.m.
- Social gathering at The Brass Tap: 4:30-6 p.m.
ATL Tech Gives Back tickets are $10 and include admission and supplies for a volunteer project, food and drinks, as well as a T-shirt, and an additional donation to the partner nonprofits. Teams made up of 15 or more people can get a 10 percent discount by emailing projects@communitybucket.com.
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Arches Brewing in Hapeville is going to be festive on the first full weekend in April. That’s because it will be First Friday on April 6 and one week later, they’ll celebrate the brewery’s second anniversary.Grab your tickets and come out to support Arches on Saturday, April 14th! The establishment will be featuring multiple rare & barrel-aged styles, tapping a specialty cask, and pouring our very first experimental lager from their recently announced Lager Lab project.Arches Brewing Celebrating 2-Year Anniversary
The party will stay rockin’ with two lives bands, the Atlanta Photo Camper, and Buena Gente Bakery serving up delicious cuban eats.Arches promises that there will be even more surprises on the site.General Admission tickets are $25 and VIP tickets are $75 – ticket details & purchase here.Here’s the flyer info:
This will be a ticketed event, 21+ only and no dogs will be allowed.
Live music by Lazy Lightning & The Night Shift.
Buena Gente Cuban Bakery will be onsite slingin’ delicious cuban fare, so come hungry!
Atlanta Photo Camper will be hanging out to help capture the moment! Have you seen their setup?? It’s amazing.
A pre festivities group bike ride to the brewery sponsored by @The Spindle ATL
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4 FREE VIP or FREE & Bottle For Bdays & Groups of Ladies:
Monday @ TONGUE & GROOVE!
-Thursday: @ ALIBI . .. live on Streetz 94.5
-Friday: @ SUITE … live on V-103 & Streetz 945
-Saturday Night: @TRUTH (Formerly Krave) or Revel … live on Hot 107.9
The party will be at Suite Food Lounge 375 Luckie Street Northwest Atlanta, GA 30313.
**Celebrate your Birthday VIP style!
Receive a FREE section & bottle for you and all your guests
@ any or all of these CELEBRITY filled events: Text FREE Bday & the name of venu you would like to attend to 404-548-3095 or email: Swirlstreetz@gmail.com**The post Big Tigger & Celeb Friends host V-103’s Suite Life Fridays In Atlanta appeared first on .
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